Socks Without Mates: Lint Without Love

Everybody's got them. Those mysterious, unmatched socks that hang around in a basket for years until they get thrown away. But that's a sad end to a perfectly good sock who only needs its mate. I've got lots of socks without mates and I bet you do, too. Let's see if we can get them together and they can live happily ever after.
And since the lost socks may have been ground up into lint, and sometimes they show up in my lint screen as random characters - they're here looking for a new home, too.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

My husband of the theory of lost socks (see sidebar) found this T-Shirt for me on Shirt Woot. (Great site, different T-Shirt each day) This just may explain where all the socks go once they leave your house. You can see the vortex at the top where they come down and join the fun. No wonder they disappear!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

WOW!It must be MARILYN MONROE!I thought nothing could top seeing Jay Leno (because Jay Leno is great!) or that French philosopher in my lint, so this was a surprise! Are my missing socks really being ground up into celebrities, philosophers and Tonight Show hosts?*

In any case, this one’s for sale. Click here if you want to get your very own Mari"lint" Monroe!

If you just want to navigate off this page into something completely normal and not bordering on the questionable at all, click here.**

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Ever wonder if you could make your own lint person? GOOD NEWS!You certainly can! Just click on the link below to get your very Make Your Own Lint Person Kit.

Each kit includes:

Fresh Dryer Lint

Authentic Googly eyes

Special clear container originally meant to hold a golf ball but works just as well for lint people

lots of other things (some not shown)

Of course, you can use your own lint, but I have a wide variety, including soft, clean various colored lint from my mother's dryer, as well as scary, dirty lint with dog, cat and human hair interspersed with dust mite remains and assorted allergens, both seen and unseen.

And all for a reasonable price, plus only slightly outrageous shipping and handling fees.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

GOOD NEWS! Socks without mates now offered in bulk. Twenty plus socks, HUGE variety, and price includes basket! If you don't find a match among your socks, they also make great sock puppets (accessories not included.)

Monday, September 29, 2008

Okay, technically it should read girl's flower sock, or sock with flowers, since no bride would allow this to be worn at a wedding. No offense to the perfectly nice sock. Looks like a pre-teen girl's sock, black, with little flowers embroidered on it. Mateless. Has been for a quite awhile, since I think my youngest outgrew this several years ago.

Chuck's Theory of Lost Socks

Background: One day I put six identical socks in the washing machine. New socks. Men's dress, black, over the calf, size 9 - 11. I also put in a few T-shirts, but only those six identical socks. No other socks were hidden in the clothes, no other clothes were in the washer or dryer. I double checked.

When I put the load in the dryer, all six socks were there.

When I took the load out of the dryer, I still had six socks. However, now only 5 were identical. Sure, the sixth was black, and probably the same size. But it was thick, completely different material and carefully darned in the toes. I don't darn socks.

And anyway, I'd never seen it before. it didn't belong to anyone in my family.

I know what you're thinking. This sock clearly came from the prior load. But not only had I double checked both the washer and the dryer, it was also whites. Bleached. Besides, that doesn't explain where the original sixth sock went. When I explained this problem to my husband, he stated his Theory of Lost Socks:

If the socks are lost in the washer, it is because of and directly related to the spin cycle, which spins so fast it thrusts them into another time or dimension. If the socks are lost in the dryer, it is because of the heat in combination with the tumbling action. This also explains why lost socks sometimes reappear or why strange socks appear in someone else's appliance.

Makes sense. Still, as much thought as he has given this, you'd assume he folds his own socks. HAH!

Well, at least he gets them into the dirty clothes hamper.

Adoring Fans

LET YOUR SOCKS FIND MATES!

Got your own sock (or socks) without a mate that you’d like to see on this site? GOOD NEWS! You, too, can put your sock up on this site to look for a mate. Just send a picture of your sock and anything you’d like to say about your sock to cupsofcoffee17@yahoo.com and $1.00 to the same address through Paypal.

Don’t want to write the personal sock ad yourself? No problem. I can do that for you at no extra charge!